From: Junio C Hamano <gitster@pobox.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2016 17:34:50 GMT
Subject: Re: git am and duplicate signatures
Message-ID: <xmqq8tve5fet.fsf@gitster.mtv.corp.google.com>
In-Reply-To: <1472577999.5512.107.camel@perches.com>

Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> writes:

> On Tue, 2016-08-30 at 09:54 -0700, Junio C Hamano wrote:
>> Support for more generic footers was supposed to come when the
>> "interpret-trailers" topic started, but the author of the topic
>> seems to have lost interest before the mechanism has become ready to
>> be integrated in the workflow commands like "am", "commit", "rebase"
>> etc., which is unfortunate.
>
> I think adding at least an option to git send-email
> allowing auto-cc's for all
> 	"<foo>-by: [name] <address>"
> lines in the commit log would be useful.
>
> Today, only "Signed-off-by" and "CC" lines are
> added to cc's.
>
> I've always called these lines "<foo>-by:" lines
> "signatures", but perhaps there's a better name.

I think we casually call them footers (as they are counter-part to
"headers"), or trailers.